Method of operating a fuel cell/battery passive hybrid power supply

A fuel cell and hybrid power technology, applied in fuel cells, fuel cell additives, transportation fuel cell technology, etc., can solve problems such as high degradation rate, energy waste, and fuel cell system performance degradation

Active Publication Date: 2011-06-15
BELENOS CLEAN POWER HLDG
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The first of these conditions is known as "high cell voltage"; subjecting a fuel cell to low or zero current conditions is known to result in a high degradation rate compared to operation at an average constant current
The second non-ideal condition is "low cell voltage"; peak current draw from fuel cells is also known to lead to increased degradation rates
However, start-stop cycling also results in degradation of fuel cell system performance, and disconnecting the fuel cell system without shutting it down requires the use of resistive loads to dissipate the energy produced by the battery pack
This results in a considerable waste of energy

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[0027] image 3 The fuel cell stack 1 of the passive hybrid power source exemplified in is of the type designed to use hydrogen as a fuel and pure oxygen as an oxidant. It includes end plates 130 , 140 , a hydrogen inlet 150 in end plate 130 and an oxygen inlet 155 in end plate 140 . The stack 1 also includes a hydrogen supply manifold 160 and an oxygen supply manifold 165 for supplying hydrogen and oxygen flows, respectively, to a plurality of individual fuel cells.

[0028] The hydrogen and oxygen flow fields associated with each fuel cell are represented by arrows 170 and 175, respectively. Hydrogen exhaust manifold 180 and oxygen exhaust manifold 185 remove spent reactants and reaction products from the stack through hydrogen outlet 190 and oxygen outlet 195 .

[0029]As illustrated, the fuel cell system comprises a pressurized hydrogen storage vessel 60 connected to a hydrogen inlet 150 of the stack by a supply line provided with a hydrogen supply valve 110 and an injec...

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The method of operating a passive hybrid power supply in, or near, zero connected load conditions comprises the steps of: supplying a stream of substantially pure hydrogen to the anode of the fuel cell; supplying an stream of substantially pure oxygen to the cathode of the fuel cell; monitoring an electric current supplied by the storage battery; monitoring an output voltage shared by the fuel cell and the battery; evaluating a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the electric current and the output voltage; monitoring a hydrogen pressure in the fuel cell; monitoring an oxygen pressure in the fuel cell; limiting the stream of hydrogen and the stream of oxygen and actuating the hydrogen and oxygen recirculating pumps in such a way as to bring and maintain the hydrogen and oxygen pressures below 0.7 barabsolute while maintaining the hydrogen pressure between 70 and 130% of the oxygen pressure, in such a way as to ensure that the output voltage is maintained at a level corresponding to less than 0.90 volts / cell and does not exceed the maximum voltage limit of the battery.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for limiting the output voltage of a fuel cell / battery passive hybrid power supply without having to stop the fuel cell or disconnect it from the battery The power supply operates at or near zero load conditions in such a way that neither exceeds the upper voltage limit of the battery. The invention relates more particularly to a method in which the fuel cell of the power source is of the type designed to use hydrogen as fuel and pure oxygen as oxidant. Background technique [0002] Electrochemical fuel cells of the type mentioned above convert reactants (ie, hydrogen and oxygen streams) into electricity and water. A proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) typically includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between two porous conductive electrode layers to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). To induce the desired electrochemical reaction, the anode electrode and the cathode electrode eac...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M16/00H01M8/04
CPCH01M8/04753H01M16/006Y02E60/50H01M8/04559H01M2250/20H01M2008/1095H01M8/04395H01M8/04388H01M8/04567H01M8/04552H01M8/04597H01M8/04104Y02T90/32H01M8/04089Y02T90/40Y02E60/10
Inventor J·伯纳德M·霍弗尔F·布奇P·底特里奇
Owner BELENOS CLEAN POWER HLDG
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